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Old#5fan

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Old#5fan last won the day on November 15 2014

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  • Birthday 01/21/1955

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    United States Treasury Supervisor
  • Favorite Current Oriole
    Manny Machado
  • Favorite All Time Oriole
    Brooks Robinson

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  1. I would like to see an at bat match up somewhere/somehow where Wright pitched to Davis - would be quite interesting to see who loses that battle! One of them has to!
  2. Drafting duds like Matt Hobgood and Pedro Beato in the first round also makes me wonder too about the scouting dept ability. Seems like Orioles have more first round pitching duds than mere bad luck to me.
  3. Yeah I agree and to me Markakis in the outfield always looked like he was running in sand.
  4. I regret that many younger Os fans never got to watch Frank in action as a player. He was as good as they come, Best Orioles hitter to ever don the uniform bar none. I recall fondly as a kid when he arrived in the greatest trade in Orioles history how unbelievably awesome he was. He imo was as good as Aaron or Mays but just wasn’t as heralded for some reason. When he won the Triple Crown I was in awe and it seemed to cement my young mind that the National League was superior as they more superstars than the AL and Frank’s performance demonstrated it clearly even more so in his clutch homers in the WS sweep of the Dodgers against their HOF pitchers. May he RIP as one of my greatest sports heroes ever. Up there with Brooks, Johnny U, Jim, Gino, Cal, Ray, Lenny, and Eddie.
  5. Buck could chew out the entire squad daily at this point and it wouldn’t make much difference imo. Yelling and berating them isn’t going to change their inability to score runs or suddenly have a better bullpen. They are way beyond that as a solution. I seriously think this is the worst Orioles offense I’ve seen since we had sluggers like Brook Fordyce, Geronimo Gil, Craig Worthington, Delino Deshields, and Glenn Davis.
  6. Wasn’t aware off that deal, but still have to drive an hour and a half pay $20 or more to park and walk/carry him all the way to game and back, so would rather wait until he was my age (8) when I went to my first game which ended with a Russ Snyder walk-off homer that I could only hear the screaming and cow bell dinging as everyone stood up and I was too small! But I do like Frobbys suggestion of a minor league game as the Hagerstown Suns stadium is 30 minutes from me and no parking costs nor much distance to walk.
  7. No problem, figured you were more of a friend and posted that in jest. I understand too when your options are limited with small kids as they must come first as a parent or grandparent.
  8. Thanks Weams, just took him to Ocean City and he rode the small kids rides (teacup and carousel) and picked up ducks and netted fish for prizes and he loved it! Haven’t taken him to an Os game yet as he wouldn’t grasp any of it and would want to leave early.
  9. Not that I’m commenting unfavorably on your comment, but isn’t that sort of off topic on this thread? Just asking a question...but I would be more than happy to engage again in discussion about this subject - taking babies to baseball games. I have a 4 year old grandson now and he is the most precious thing in the world too me!!
  10. I don’t get these cocky minor leaguers who act like they can try to disregard advise or wisdom from major league managers they need to impress. Just seems like a total lack of emotional intelligence if I put it nicely or utter stupidity if I say what I really think! Maybe it’s just a millennial thing where their parents always told them whatever they did was fine, but that doesn’t work well in professional sports where you are competing with other talented individuals who understand the value of listening to what proven experts tell you. Makes me wonder before they draft these high round picks if they do any analysis of their emotional intelligence, attitude towards coaching and willingness to work hard and accept valuable constructive criticism. If they aren’t doing so, they are making a big mistake imo.
  11. Thanks - I thought so and actually looked it up before seeing your response. Just a sad event for sure.
  12. Was Ventura the pitcher that Manny punched ?
  13. <p><p><p>I strongly believe that Manny flung the bat intentionally down the third base line as a warning to ABAD that if you ever try to hit me in the knees again, next time that bat is coming at you. I do think he got his point across. He could have charged the mound and swung on him, and that would have been just as wrong as far as potential suspension, and also just as dangerous. Yet, many posting about this and even Rick Dempsey has publicly stated that is exactly what they would have done.</p></p></p>

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